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William Barber

Barber, William, Lance Sergeant, 12902, 9th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, disembarked with the rank of Corporal
Born Duckmanton, Derbyshire
Enlisted Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Accidentally drowned, Sandon Hall, Staffordshire, 14th May 1917 aged 26
Son of James and Selina Barber, of 142, Arkwright Town, Chesterfield.
Buried in Duckmanton Church Cemetery, Derbyshire

1911 Census
A colliery blacksmith's striker
Son of James, a coal miner hewer, and Selina Barber, of Nursery House, Arkwright Town, Derbyshire

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(Photograph and article from the Derbyshire Courier, 19th May 1917)

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Grave of William Barber, Duckmanton Church Cemetery, Duckmanton


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